Datarock Datarock
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Datarock Datarock is the debut album by Norwegian
Dance-punk
duo Datarock
, released in 2005. The duo's hit single, "Computer Camp Love", is a playful song based on the 1984 American comedy Revenge of the Nerds
and almost parodies "Summer Nights". The album was later released in 2007 to North America and included the music videos for "Bulldozer", "Computer Camp Love", and "Fa-Fa-Fa".
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
Dance-punk
Dance-punk
Dance-punk is a music genre that emerged in the late 1970s, and is closely associated with the post-punk and No Wave movements.-Predecessors:...
duo Datarock
Datarock
Datarock, derived from the Norwegian word for computer – datamaskin and the word rock , is a Norwegian electro rock band. The band formed in 2000 as Fredrik Saroea, Ketil Mosnes and Kevin O'Brien and soon hired Tom Mæland. O'Brien and Mæland later left the band, but the duo of Saroea and Mosnes...
, released in 2005. The duo's hit single, "Computer Camp Love", is a playful song based on the 1984 American comedy Revenge of the Nerds
Revenge of the Nerds
Revenge of the Nerds is a 1984 comedy film satirizing social life on a college campus. The film stars Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards, with Curtis Armstrong, Ted McGinley, Julia Montgomery, Brian Tochi, Larry B. Scott, John Goodman, and Donald Gibb...
and almost parodies "Summer Nights". The album was later released in 2007 to North America and included the music videos for "Bulldozer", "Computer Camp Love", and "Fa-Fa-Fa".
Original version
- Bulldozer – 1:59
- I Used to Dance with My Daddy – 4:53
- Computer Camp Love – 3:08
- Fa-Fa-Fa – 5:08
- Princess – 3:45
- Sex Me Up – 3:07
- Nightflight to Uranus – 4:17
- Ugly Primadonna – 3:43
- Maybelline – 4:02
- Laurie – 4:25
- The Most Beautiful Girl – 3:56
North American release
- "Bulldozer"
- "I Used to Dance with My Daddy"
- "Computer Camp Love"
- "Fa-Fa-Fa"
- "Princess"
- "Ganguro Girl"
- "See What I Care"
- "Laurie"
- "The New Song"
- "Ugly Primadonna"
- "Sex Me Up"
- "The Most Beautiful Girl"
- "I Will Always Remember You"